The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 648 Nintendo's Invitation

"Brother-in-law, why did Nintendo invite you to be a special guest after releasing a new game console?" Sitting in the plane flying to Tokyo, Leng Zhimeng asked curiously.

Boss Huang went to Fusang this time because Nintendo invited Huang He to attend their new game console conference. This is actually a very magical and incredible thing, because Jiangnan Group and Nintendo had no contact at all.

The impression of Nintendo in the minds of Chinese people has always been very cold, and they have even always ignored the domestic market, as if they have no interest in it.

So when Boss Huang received the news that Nintendo invited him to attend the press conference of the new console, Boss Huang himself was a little shocked. This is really unscientific!

However, since Nintendo invited him, Boss Huang would naturally not refuse. He is also very interested in Nintendo, so he readily agreed to the invitation, and then boarded the plane to Fusang, planning to see what was sold in the Nintendo gourd. what medicine.

This is the first time for Boss Huang to go to Fusang, but it is the first time to go to the United States, and it is necessary to temporarily invite local international students to do the reception. But when Boss Huang led the team and left from the VIP passage of Haneda International Airport in a low-key way, he immediately went to the airport. There were a few people in black, waiting respectfully for Boss Huang at the door, and then welcomed him into several commercial vehicles.

This frightened the passers-by nearby, thinking that Boss Huang was an important cadre from some group.

These guys in black are actually half of Boss Huang's staff in Fusang, and they are members of his own company.

It's just that it's not the branch of Jiangnan Group in Fusang, but the branch of OO Network in Fusang, or more precisely, the branch of 00 Game Center Games in Fusang.

As I said before, Boss Huang wants to build 00 Game Center into a worldwide game platform, similar to a platform like STEAM, so it is natural to establish his own sales network all over the world.

At this time, it is no different from 2021 in the future. As long as the main service is set up in one country, he can directly control the global network business.

If you want to open a website all over the world these days, you still need to set up branches in major countries around the world, and then install servers, so as to complete the basic website requirements.

This work requires a huge cost. There are not many game companies in the world that can afford this method, and they are basically console game companies. They have always scoffed at computer games, so 00 Game Center is currently the only one in the world. It can be a platform enterprise with branches all over the world.

It's just that there are not many games on the platform at present, and it is very difficult to negotiate with major international game companies, because these game companies have their own fixed sales channels, and they are basically offline sales channels.

They can't be sure what the consequences will be if they put the game on the online platform for sale, and the low-price strategy pursued by 00 Game Center will have an impact on the sales price of offline games, so almost all PC game manufacturers in the world They are all very resistant to OO Game Center, which makes O0 Game Center's global business basically maintain a state of existence.

So just a few people in black have become half of the employees of 00 Game Center in Fusang, and the entire center has only 8 employees, working in a small building in Tokyo.

As for this, the 00 game centers in the world have the largest number of people. Many small countries only have one or two server maintenance personnel, one front-end maintenance personnel, and one financial personnel.

The only ones with a large number of people are the branches in the United States and Europe. The number of employees of these two companies is more than 50. After all, these are the two largest single-player game markets in the world. OO Game Center must be located in these two The market maintains a certain strength of personnel.

Although Fuso is also a huge game market, Fuso players are also the most stubborn gamers in the world. 80% of players only love console games and disdain any computer games, so the development of this market is also very difficult.

Therefore, the Fusang branch of 00 Game Center has signs of being gradually marginalized within the entire 00 network, which makes the entire company a little anxious.

As a result, when I heard that the CE0 of the head office, and even the higher chairman from the head office, had accepted Nintendo's invitation to participate in the new product launch conference, the whole branch was excited, and they arranged the best Take out the pomp and circumstance, greet your own boss, and then strive to win better development opportunities for the branch.

This is how almost half of the company came to welcome the two bosses.

Boss Huang is neither happy nor disappointed about the enthusiasm of the branch, which is the attitude they should have.

"Tell me, how is your investigation going?" Boss Huang asked.Since he was curious about Nintendo's invitation, Boss Huang would naturally let his company thoroughly investigate Nintendo's intentions, otherwise he would only be led by the nose by his opponent.

"Yes!" It was Makoto Ito, the president of the Fukuyama branch, who was in charge of the report.

Well, don’t think this name is funny. The Ito family is one of the most famous families in Fusang. If you rank the top 500 clothing companies, at least 50 of them are named Ito.

And this Ito Makoto also has a lot of background. He is one of the family members of Ito Trading Company, a well-known enterprise in Fusang. It is said that he is also a distant cousin of the current president.

However, if you add the word "far away", it will basically be excluded from the core sphere of influence. In addition, this person has always been obsessed with the game business, and he can't find any good jobs in Ito Trading Company. Therefore, Makoto Ito was recommended, and he was directly recommended to Boss Huang.

At that time, a total of three candidates were recommended, but Boss Huang directly selected Makoto Ito at the first sight.

Well, to be honest, Boss Huang must have been influenced by Brother Cheng when he made this choice, but Boss Huang is still more optimistic about Makoto Ito's connections in Fusang.

That's right, it's connections rather than ability. In fact, Makoto Ito's ability is quite limited, but for the Ito family, Boss Huang still chose Makoto Ito.

Facts have also proved that this choice is not wrong. Although Ito Makoto failed to grow the Fusang branch, he was able to quickly investigate and clear a detailed information to Boss Huang.

According to the information obtained by Makoto Ito, this time Nintendo is going to release a brand new, completely updated game console.

Friends who are familiar with Nintendo know that the theme of Nintendo’s first-generation games is the red and white machine fc, then the second-generation N1, the third-generation will, and the fourth-generation switch.

In fact, in the official promotion, Switch is the ninth generation of game consoles, so where are the five generations in the middle?
In fact, the fifth generation in the middle is an improved version based on the previous generation, just like the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, which have different version changes, and such a small version change has far less influence on Nintendo and the entire game industry than the one above. The 4th generation version of the change.

However, the 4th generation versions are only game consoles, and the corresponding Nintendo handhelds also have constant version changes, and among them, the most small version changes are undoubtedly the first generation Nintendo game handhelds GBC, GBP, GBA, GBA SP, GBM, etc. Waiting for so many versions lasted for more than 1 years.

Of course, some people will think that GB and GBA are separated by two major versions, but this is a matter of different opinions and wisdom.Many people think that although GBA has greatly improved the screen and performance of GB, it cannot be called the new version of the next generation, which has been criticized by many players.

Especially since last year, Nintendo's most important competitor, Sony, has launched the game handheld PSP, which makes Nintendo feel like walking on thin ice.

After Sony launched the ps game console, it had a huge impact on Nintendo's TV host. When ps was launched, Nintendo's main model was still the FC more than 10 years ago.

One is a 3D color display, and the other is a pixel game console. The huge gap in this directly makes players vote with their feet, rushing to Sony's embrace, and Nintendo once lost its number one position in the market.

Although Nintendo seized the time to release the N64 later, because Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi was obsessed with game cassettes, he was unwilling to use CDs as game carriers anyway. disc used.As a result, in 64, Nintendo even fell into a state of financial crisis, and this state has continued until now.

The important reason why Nintendo was able to drag it from 97 to 04 is because of the rise of a game, that is, the Pokémon that everyone is familiar with in later generations.

This game developed for handhelds is destined to dominate the entire game market after its birth. With this game alone, the sales of mobile handheld GB have increased by countless times.

At the same time, this game has also created an unknown number of diehard fans for Nintendo.

So handhelds like GB have always been the last safe haven and lifeline of Nintendo, but now Sony has launched the PSP, which has also surpassed the GBA in terms of performance. Tyrannosaurus.

A total of 4 generations of Digimon animations were launched on TV animations, which once again had a huge impact on the Pokémon market. The sales volume of PSP is about to surpass that of GBA.

If the GBA is losing the market, then Nintendo is basically doomed to die without a burial.

As a result, Nintendo began to develop a new generation of game consoles, and the new product that will be held this time is the real new generation of game consoles NDS.

(End of this chapter)